The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, or FIRE, is a national group that broadly speaking defends the speech rights […]
Curbing Forced EV Expansion
Back in October, the Biden administration rolled out the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Deployment Plan (NEVI), an enormous initiative to […]
A Reminder: Missouri Still Needs Transparency in Education
With the new state legislative session on the horizon, it’s clear that there are a lot of policy priorities competing […]
Taxpayers Getting Burned
As I have discussed many times before, some of the worst public policy ideas in Missouri have come from the […]
James Shuls, David Stokes and Patrick Ishmael join Zach Lawhorn to discuss which pre filed bills they are tracking before […]
Springfield Should Eliminate Its Economic Development Agencies
A version of this commentary appeared in the Springfield News-Leader. In July 2010, Missouri politicians joined the state’s economic development […]
Does the Independence School District Have a Teacher Shortage Problem?
The Independence School District (ISD) school board recently voted to move to a four-day school week. One of the stated […]
Susan Pendergrass speaks with Jude Schwalbach about his new report PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITHOUT BOUNDARIES: A 50 STATE RANKING OF K-12 […]
Recorded on December 1, 2022 at the World Chess Hall of Fame in St. Louis, Missouri Tony Woodlief is Executive […]
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch recently ran an article on St. Louis County’s budget situation that was lacking, in my opinion. […]
Chesterfield leaders have scheduled a special city council meeting for Wednesday, December 14, to vote on (and likely approve) the […]
Missouri vs. Tennessee: An SEC Showdown
A month ago, the Missouri Tigers rolled into Neyland Stadium to face the high-flying Tennessee Volunteers. While the Tigers should […]
I still find myself thinking about the Missouri Commissioner of Education’s vague comments following Missouri’s dismal scores on the National […]
For many of us, the beginning of December marks the beginning of the Christmas season, kicking off a monthlong period […]
Columbia city government is taking additional steps toward finally solving a problem of its own making. After rescinding the city’s […]
Giving Tuesday 2022
On this Giving Tuesday, we hope you will stand with us as we work to build a more prosperous future for all […]
The Kansas City Star has an interesting article out today that looks at something called the “Green Commute Challenge,” a […]
St. Louis City Mayor Tishaura O. Jones wants St. Louis to join a growing list of American cities that have […]
As movie and TV production has picked up again following the pandemic, are Missourians becoming sentimental and showing symptoms of […]
Can We Have Meaningful Dialogue on Pension Reform?
I recently published an op-ed about a curious incident that occurred in September. Out of nowhere, superintendents and educators throughout […]
